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Musings on Hope: June 2013
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Saturday, June 22, 2013. Summertime campout with daddy! Friday, June 21, 2013. Neely was baptized last weekend and our family came to celebrate. Something about baptisms, welcoming children into the covenant family, just makes tears well up in me. Standing there holding my sweet girls hands, watching Justin hold our precious baby as water was poured over her head.too sweet for words. Wednesday, June 12, 2013. It's baby steps, what Botox provides us, but I am thankful for whatever we can get to help.
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Musings on Hope: March 2013
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Friday, March 22, 2013. Read my blog post at Dallas Moms Blog! I was recently asked to be a guest writer for the wonderful website, Dallas Moms Blog. I enjoyed writing the post (link below) so much because it goes along with how I've tried to be more intentional with the the daily decisions I make as a mother. I would appreciate it so much if you'd comment your thoughts on this topic on the Dallas Moms Website or "like" it on Facebook. Posted using BlogPress from my iPad. Wednesday, March 13, 2013. I'm s...
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Musings on Hope: Calories, Calories
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Saturday, August 24, 2013. I have an eating disorder. Yes, I have become obsessed with counting calories and looking at labels. I probably think about food several times an hour. But it's not my weight I'm obsessing over. It's my child's. So we are always trying to catch up and attain a good, healthy weight for her. I scoffed. I knew between her oral eating and nightly tube feeds she has been getting about 1200-1400 calories on a daily basis and is still not gaining weight. Even with that huge ca...Thank...
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Musings on Hope: July 2013
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Monday, July 15, 2013. One of the hardest things about being the mom of a child with a lot of needs is that there is absolutely no thanks, no "mom, I appreciate all you are doing for me." Instead, the child who you do EVERYTHING for and more takes their anger and frustration about their difficult life out on you. And you are left constantly second-guessing yourself. All these things happen on a daily basis. Because that's what I wanted to do! But she won't go. She starts crying that she doesn't want to g...
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Musings on Hope: September 2012
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Friday, September 7, 2012. Moved to the big girl bed- check! No tears on her first day of preschool - check! Loved her first ballet class - check! Potty trained- well, sort of. So proud of her! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Praise for Maggie's life! That God will heal her neck. That God will lead us to the best doctors who can sucessfully treat her torticollis. For normal and healthy development. That she will overcome her feeding issues soon. For strength and faith for our family.
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Musings on Hope: December 2012
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Friday, December 28, 2012. We are so thankful for a healthy pregnancy, birth, and baby. I knew I would appreciate these first few weeks so much - but I totally underestimated how much! A combination of her being our third baby (we're more laid back! As well as a healthy baby (not running across the house every time a heart or lung monitor goes off like we did with Maggie! Sunday, December 2, 2012. This is for all the moms who have experienced PPROM- you can go on to have a healthy pregnancy. 37 weeks...
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Musings on Hope: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014. A little update and a little project. Art thou weary, tender heart? Be glad of pain:. In sorrow sweetest virtues grow,. As flowers in rain. God watches, and thou wilt have sun,. When clouds their perfect work have done. Maggie is doing amazing! She still works so hard every week - with at least four different therapy sessions. But starting in a few weeks she will attend the same school as Mary Lawrence and I just want to pinch myself: Is this really happening! I know I haven't b...
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Musings on Hope: November 2013
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Monday, November 4, 2013. Four years later.we feel so blessed. Happy Birthday, sweet Maggie. We love you and your sisters so much. You are and will always be our "miracle baby.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Praise for Maggie's life! That God will heal her neck. That God will lead us to the best doctors who can sucessfully treat her torticollis. For normal and healthy development. That she will overcome her feeding issues soon. For strength and faith for our family.
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Musings on Hope: June 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Summer of Big, Bold Prayers. Sometimes I forget to pray about things that seem like they are never going to get better. Like Maggie's neck and her inability to eat. But my grandmother always reminds me not to cease praying for these important things. God hears our prayers, but His timing for answering them is mysterious but also perfect. We cannot give up praying for our children's needs. So this summer I am praying for big changes:. And he stopped her daily inhaler! It's really...
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Musings on Hope: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012. I tried to make her feeding therapy sound fun, like ML's gymnastics and art camps, but Maggie is no fool. She says every morning that she does not want to go to feeding camp. I don't blame her. Last week all they worked on was putting a dry spoon in her mouth. The first day she refused and screamed and gagged, but by the end of the week she was putting it her in mouth with a dab of chicken noodle soup on it. Baby steps, right? Maggie hates the stretching. We have to coax or br...